State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs New Jersey
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In New Jersey, $180,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.5%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $193,620
- p25
- $139,950
- p75
- $271,360
- p10
- $104,370
- p90
- $326,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
New Jersey
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $180,040
- p25
- $153,650
- p75
- $228,520
- p10
- $126,760
- p90
- $298,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.